John Brown
John Thomas Brown
Born: 20 August 1869, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Died: 4 November 1904, Pimlico, Westminster, London
Major Teams: Yorkshire, England.
Known As: John Brown
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: England v Australia at Sydney, 1st Test, 1894/95
Last Test: England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, 1899
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1895
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 8 16 3 470 140 36.15 1 1 7 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 35 0 22 0 - - 0 0 - 3.77
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1889 - 1904)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 383 634 47 17920 311 30.52 29 76 230 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 9391 248 5627 190 29.61 6-52 4 0 49.4 3.59
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Brown and Tunnicliffe formed a highly respected opening
partnership for Yorkshire on the 1880s and 90s, famously so in
their opening stand of 554. A short man (in contrast to "long
John" Tunnicliffe), Brown was a fine cutter of the ball, with
his late cut somewhat of a specialty. He was also a strong
hooker, and solid in defence, He is one of a select few in
scoring two triple hundreds, 300* as part of the 554, and 311
the year before against Sussex. His most famous innings was the
140 made in the final Test of the 1894-5 tour of Australia.
Brown came in with England needing 297 to win batting last, with
the series tied 2-2. He took a most aggressive approach, scoring
what remains the fastest Test fifty ever in 28 minutes, and
effectively won the game for England. He bowled leg breaks, and
often took wickets as a change bowler, although not in Tests. He
died young, of congestion of the brain (Dave Liverman, 1998).
Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 03:17:48 GMT
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